However in math and engineering we frequently have the need to find the square root of a negative number.
What is a root in math.
It involves the symbol i which stands for the square root of negative one.
In the 9th century arab writers usually called one of the equal factors of a number jadhr root and their medieval european translators used the latin word radix from which derives the adjective radical if a is a positive real number and n a positive integer there exists a.
For example the second root of 9 is 3 because 3x3 9.
Root in mathematics a solution to an equation usually expressed as a number or an algebraic formula.
A root is a value for which a given function equals zero.
In other words a number y whose square the result of multiplying the number by itself or y y is x.
For a function f x the roots are the values of x for which f x 0.
When that function is plotted on a graph the roots are points where the function crosses the x axis.
To solve this we introduce the idea of the imaginary number.
Definition of root as used in math.
For example 4 and 4 are square roots of 16 because 4 2 4 2 16 every nonnegative real number x has a unique nonnegative square root called the principal square root which is denoted by x where.